Chapter 4 Assumption of Responsibility

The next day, Lin Yuyan asked Jing Yi to convert the finances in his hands into food, and as for the money, Lin Yuyan didn't consider it.

The currency system of the Southern Qin Dynasty is very chaotic, the Jin State, the Qi State, the Chu State, and even the Northern Qin State, the Bashu State, all kinds of coins are chaotic, and the common people are very inconvenient to use, although these coins are generally circulated in the market, but most of them are used by big merchants or the imperial court and foreign merchants when trading, and most of the civilians in the country still use the method of 'bartering', among which rice grain and cloth are the most common trading objects.

There is no unified coin in Daqin! 〗

At this time, Lin Yuyan was very concerned about this matter, in the past, Lin Yuyan always wanted to hug Beiqin's thighs, and he also turned a blind eye to the disadvantages of this matter, but now he wants to revitalize Nanqin. Think about the population of four or five hundred thousand, how can this be done by still using the primitive "barter" transaction method!

What is the greatest contribution of Northern Qin, one of which is naturally the unification of currency and weights and measures!

Lin Yuyan felt that he had thought far away, so he should actually think about how to solve these things, this is a difficult problem!

However, it is not without a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, it seems that if Lin Yuyan gets a large amount of rice grain and cloth, as long as he pulls it to Jin, Qi, and Chu countries in exchange for coins, it is also feasible, but for Lin Yuyan, this seems to be impossible, because rice and cloth are the most commonly used materials in a country, and the productivity of this era will never be too much.

Especially when Lin Yuyan is still the son of Nan Qin, how can he do such a self-digging thing.

Thinking about it this way, this road is also not feasible, and this time it put Lin Yuyan in a dilemma.

Suddenly, Lin Yuyan's eyes lit up, and he said to himself: "Why do I use other countries' coins!" ”

[That's right!] Why can't I mint my own coins? 】

Thinking of this idea all of a sudden, Lin Yuyan couldn't help but think that Daqin didn't have any laws prohibiting private minting of coins!

Thinking about it all at once, Lin Yuyan also seemed to see a lot of money rushing to him, how could he not think of this before, if the coinage was completed by himself, then what kind of business would he have to create, what kind of money he would make, and the money would be taken out of his own pocket!

However, Lin Yuyan still sobered up quickly, because if he continued to think about it along the line of his own coinage, Lin Yuyan would inevitably encounter two problems?

First of all, what is the material of coinage?

Lin Yuyan also first thought of nothing more than two objects, iron and copper.

Iron, this is easy to do, Nanyang County, where Nanqin is located, is a high-yield area of iron, and the iron smelting of Daqin is also relatively developed, but iron is easy to rust, especially coins, which are circulated by many hands and cannot be rusted like iron.

The problem of rust copper can be effectively avoided, but what is in front of us is that the amount of copper produced in Nanqin is not as much as iron, and it is not a problem to support the use of copper coins in Nanqin.

The most difficult problem is the second problem, which is how to promote the use of coinage.

Today's Southern Qin is not without coins, as Lin Yuyan knew before, the territory of Southern Qin, including the cloth coins of the Jin State, the knife coins of the Qi State, the ant nose coins of the Chu State, the round coins of the Northern Qin, the shell coins of Bashuyong and other places, etc., there are no less than a dozen kinds of coins, but none of them can be used by the people of the Southern Qin State on a large scale.

After thinking about it, Lin Yuyan felt that Nanqin still did not have the ability to build such a huge monetary system at present, and if currency could circulate, it would inevitably require the same amount of goods to circulate.

For the time being, such currencies as gold and silver are not reliable, and only the most practical things such as grain and cloth are suitable.

Lin Yuyan shook his head and returned to the original point, food is really urgent and needs to be solved urgently!

It seems that no matter what you want to do, the position of Naizai is the most basic.

Fortunately, there is nothing to pack up in his mansion, and the things of a dozen people can be packed directly to Thornyang.

At that moment, Ji Wu and Chun Yuqi, who sent people to their own food yi in Miyang to notify them to collect the food and field tax, and the people in Gongziyan's mansion were all put in place, and followed their own director to the land of Neizai's governance-Thorn Yang.

The position of Jianyang in the south-east of Wancheng, there is often the saying of "Sanyang is ripe, South Qinzu", which refers to the two river basins of Jianyang, Shuyang and Miyang, the land is flat, the water is convenient, the fertile field is thousands of miles, and it is very suitable for farming.

Especially in Jianyang, the closest to Wancheng in Sanyang, the area is only half of that of Shuyang and one-third of that of Miyang, but when it comes to the old clan of Southern Qin, the degree of gathering in Jianyang far exceeds that of other places.

Gao Jin, the chief attendant, had already sent the bamboo slips that recorded the information about the land of the Lin family surnamed Ying to Lin Yuyan, and under the rule of Neizai, in the north of Jianyang, there were about more than 10,000 acres of land, and there were 5,000 peasants or craftsmen under the management of Neizai.

Before Lin Yuyan took office, the inner zai was named Lu Lian, and Gao Jin had already sent someone to inform him, so Lu Lian sent people to wait at the intersection every day to meet the son Yan who had targeted the position of the inner zai.

In the evening of this day, Lu Lian received His Royal Highness Gongzi Yan.

"Your Majesty, I've seen Your Highness!"

Lin Yuyan glanced at this person, he looked quite loyal, and his speech and demeanor were also decent.

However, this person was originally an internal ruler, and he knew a lot about the affairs of this clan, and he was afraid that he would not need this person's help in the future.

At the moment, Lin Yuyan also spoke kindly to this person, and then Lu Yan also introduced Lin Yuyan to the officials of the Lin clan one by one.

"Your Highness, this is Du Wei Xiang Ying, who is in charge of the garrison of the Lin clan, and is from the Nanyang Army!"

Lin Yuyan looked over, this eagle was an iron man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with sharp eyes, and at first glance it was a battle-hardened veteran.

"Xiang Ying has seen His Highness!" Xiang Ying saluted.

Lin Yuyan helped him up and said, "Don't be polite, Xiang Buqu has worked hard to defend the clan land for my Lin family!" ”

Lu Lian and Xiang Ying were quite surprised, they really didn't expect this Gongzi Yan to be so polite to people, and Xiang Ying also replied enthusiastically at the moment: "Xiang Ying's responsibility!" ”

Lu Lian then introduced to Lin Yuyan: "This is the foil tin of the Hundred Workshops, the foil tin comes from the foil clan of the famous craftsman family of Wu Yue, and the foil clan is also a talented person in the Qin State. ”

"Foil Tin has seen His Highness!" Foil tin saluted.

Lin Yuyan looked over, Foil Xi's face was lean, but the skeleton was quite large, and his shoulders were thick, and it was not difficult to see that this person's arms were strong.

"The foil department is invited, and it is a coincidence that I am also quite curious about the things of the hundred works."

"The matter of skill is the ultimate way." Foil Tin replied, and then also responded: "Since His Highness is interested, there are many skilled craftsmen in the Hundred Workshops, and they can serve His Highness for dogs and horses!" ”

Lin Yuyan comforted: "Foil tin doesn't have to be arrogant, don't you know that the master of the public loss class in the world and the skills of the Mo family are the key skills of the people and the important ministers of the country?!" ”

Lose class...... Mohism...... 〗

Foil Xi also didn't expect that His Royal Highness Gongzi Yan would actually lead to the two allusions of the public loss class and the Mo family, and he was also very encouraged at the moment.

"Foil Tin has been taught!" Foil Xi nodded and replied, and then also introduced Lin Yuyan to the masters behind him: "Your Highness, this is Ma Jun, a master iron caster, Qi Xian, Qi Sen, a master copper smelter, Yu Hao, a master carpenter, etc. ”

"The untouchables have seen His Highness!" Many masters saluted Lin Yuyan.

Untouchables? 〗

Lin Yuyan sounded this self-proclaimed and frowned, although he knew that there were subordinate people and slaves in Nanqin, but he didn't expect that the craftsmen would be classified into the [subordinate people], and at the moment Lin Yuyan also instructed Lu Lian: "Luqing, the craftsmen of the hundred workshops will be classified into the civil register." ”

Hearing this, he hesitated and said, "Your Highness, the old rites stipulate that those who do not work as farmers will not be allowed to enter the civil ......."

Lin Yuyan said with a tough attitude: "Now that my father has given me the internal domination, I am the master of the clan land, do you know?" ”

Listening to the words of His Royal Highness Gongzi, there was a sense of demonstration, and he immediately confessed: "The ministers are vain! The subordinates immediately set about it! ”

Lin Yuyan felt that the attitude that should be put on should still be put out, although he could be pleasant to these people, but if it came to deciding some things, if he pretended to talk about these people in the future, he would have no prestige in the future.

Foil Tin turned around and reminded those masters: "Your Highness's gift, don't you still bow and thank you?!" ”

So all the craftsmen thanked him: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!" ”

Lin Yuyan told them to get up.

The last person he introduced was a farmer-like person: "Your Highness, this is a big farmer Xu Jia, practicing the art of farming, and winning the acres of land of the Lin clan. ”

Lin Yuyan said with a smile: "I have always had a desire to eat, and I heard that the wild fields in the mountains can be transplanted, but I don't know if Xu Danong can do it?" ”

Na Xu Jia also replied: "The things in the mountains and wilderness are unknown in toxicity, and their taste is fresh or highly toxic, and they can be easily eaten." ”

Lin Yuyan shook his head and said: "In the past, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, knew what was edible, what could be used, I had a way, to raise some hares and other things, the freshness of the mountains and wilderness, you can make the rabbits taste first, the rabbits are fine, then people are fine." ”

"This law is good!" Xu Jia also said with joy on his face, and then thanked Lin Yuyan: "Thank you Your Highness for your guidance!" ”

Lin Yuyan smiled and waved his hand, and when he saw that everyone had finished their introduction, he also said: "It's getting late, and the house where His Highness lives has been cleaned up, please rest as soon as possible." ”

"Well, that's fine." Lin Yuyan agreed, and just went with the flow.